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francis abernathy

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sorry im late, i started thinking about history and the bittersweet beauty of the fact that people from thousands of years ago are so similar to people today and i had to lie down on the floor for a while

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Btw, if anyone wants like….Sources on sex work in the long 18th century, I’ve done masterposts of the books I’ve read over the years I’ve studied this topic here.

I also did two posts on the ‘real women’ of Harlots a.k.a. real Georgian era sex workers whose lives inspired or are similar to Harlots characters. Part 1 and Part 2!

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J.C. Leyendecker (1874-1951), american illustrator.

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Ballgown, 1858.

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‘what could i say? how close am i to losing you? tonight’

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Three women in Marshall, Texas c. 1899

Photographed by Gabriele Munter

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best scene in hamlet is the one where hamlet is like “well i cant kill claudius NOW!! he’s praying!! his soul has just been cleaned so he’ll just go to heaven and not hell like he deserves >:(”

and cut to claudius “i forgot how to pray!1FUCK!!!!! FUCK!!!!! I dont know how to pray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

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in honour of james' birthday, the quote that will haunt me till I die and will probably continue to do so afterwards

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me writing serious literary analysis

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You’re my catastrophe, my doom. Everyone says so, even me.

WILDE (1997) dir. Brian Gilbert

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mr darcy lived in derbyshire so he sounds like. lizzeh. ah lov yew moost ahhdentleh

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MOT DU JOUR (Click photo to enlarge.)

douillet

/ dujɛ / adjective

1. cozy 2. (of a person) [pejorative] soft

un appartement douillet // a cozy apartment un petit lit douillet // a small, cozy bed je suis très douillette // i’m a real softie du coton douillet // cozy cotton

see also: confortable, doux, moelleux

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frankenstein is about self loathing and recognition through the Other. it’s about the original sin. it’s about what we owe to our creations and each other. it’s about internalized homophobia and the monstrosity of a man desiring another man. it’s about Romance. it’s about romance. it’s about playing god. it’s about being transgender. it’s about the absent fathergod. it’s about society. it’s about unethical medical experiments. it’s about gay college dropouts. it’s about a big nasty monster dude who is, and i cannot stress this enough, spooky

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A Timeline of Women’s Fashion from 1784-1970 (source: http://kottke.org/17/07/a-timeline-of-womens-fashion-from-1784-1970)